Manifest Destiny
Define the word 'destiny'.
Fate
Meant to be
Your purpose and right
The non-native California Population in 1848 was approximately ________ people.
The population by the end of 1849 was approximately __________.
The Gold Rush sudden growth (over one and a half years) was 99,000+ people.
800 people
100,000+ people
Major inventions speed up time and ______________.
Communication
Name two other, more politically correct way of saying "Indian".
- Native American
- Indigenous People
True or False?
The idea of 'Manifest Destiny' grew quickly. It brought great opportunities for some, but great hardship for others.
True
What triggered 10 years of mass migration and economic growth on the west coast?
Gold!
What is the Telegraph and what is one positive effect?
First technologies to allow for long distance communications.
+Faster communication
Define the word "Sovereignty".
Sovereignty:
Supreme power, authority. Power to govern itself.
The United States is a sovereign nation.
Name three prominent observations you see in the 'Manifest Destiny' painting.
- Bringing light into the darkness
- The white angel moving west
- The white figure holding a book representing education
- The white figure carrying a telegraph wire with them
- Trains coming and replacing the wagons
- Peaceful hardworking farmers to take over the "violent" indigenous people.
The Treaty of Guadalupe ended which war, leaving the rich state of California to the United States?
Treaty of Guadalupe
What was the steam engine used in? What is one positive effect?
Steam Trains
Steam boats
Factories
+Increased production of goods.
Define the word 'Reservation'
An area of land managed by a Native American Tribe.
Name one cost that came with the idea of Manifest Destiny.
- The Native American's land was taken.
- The Native American's culture was diluted with American ways.
- The lives of Native American's were taken
- Slavery and harsh treatment of laborers to build and move west.
A 49'r is a __________________. Why are they called 49's?
A 49'r is a gold miner, because 1849 was the year of "gold fever".
Before opening the _________, transportation of goods by land was slow and expensive
Erie Canal
Connecting the Great Lakes to the New York City.
What did John Sullivan say in 1845?
"It is our Manifest Destiny to take over the continent."
People traveled from where to find gold?
United States
China
Europe
All over the world
by wagons, but mainly by sea!
The East and West coastlines were connected by the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1869. What is a positive and negative effect?
+ Good for economy to ship goods faster
+ Easier to move and settle west
- Dangerous to build; poor labor conditions
- Removal of Native Americans tribes and animals